어장관리 (eojang gwalli)

What it means

1. 1.

   Keeping several interested people on the hook at once — enough attention to hold them, never enough to commit. A clear accusation, not a neutral description.

Literally: Fish farm management.

Examples with translations

• 걔 어장관리하는 거야, 속지 마.

  He's stringing people along — don't fall for it.

• 어장관리 당한 것 같아.

  I think I was being kept on the back burner.

Where it comes from

The metaphor is fully worked out: the fish are the admirers, the pond is the messaging app, and the manager feeds them just enough to keep them swimming.

Other forms

Romanised as:

eojang gwalli